1. Department heads within a company’s division are ------ management.
a. supervisory b. middle c. top 2. First –line management is another name for---------management. a. supervisory b. middle c. Top d. Intermediate 3. Leading is: a. matching the right people with the right jobs b. directing, guiding and motivating employees c. bringing together the physical, financial and human resources needed to achieve the organization’s objectives d. the same thing as management 4. It is easier to lead employees who: a. are educated, trained and experienced b. have a low need for independence c. prefer not to accept responsibility d. are untrained and inexperienced 5 .--------- skills are the least important management skills. a. human relations b. technical c. conceptual d. administrative 6. Organizations: a. are made up of people b. result from attempts to reach common goals, objectives and plans c. must have order, discipline and control if they want to succeed d. all of the above 7. The most important part of an organization is: a. monetary resources b. buildings and equipment c. people d. research and development 8. At the -----level of the organization chart, there is only one person. a. top b. middle c. lower d. supervisory 9. The lines connecting the individual boxes on an organization chart represent: a. authority and responsibility b. chain of command c. communication channels d. all of the above 10. A manager who delegates some authority : a. continues to have overall authority b. is not responsible for the actions of the person to whom the authority is delegated c. should avoid delegating authority and responsibility at the same time d. Lacks the authority to take back the delegated authority 11. The concentration of authority in the hands of higher managers who reserve the decision-making authority to themselves is: a. centralization b. departmentation c. decentralization d. delegation 12. Division and sharing of authority in the hands of higher managers at lower levels in the organization is: a. centralization b. departmentation c. decentralization d. delegation 13. All business firms are ---------in some type of production. a. implied b. involved c. evolved 14. The production process converts economic inputs into useful---- that customers need, want and are willing to ------for. a. products/ sell b. materials/enjoy c. outputs/pay 15. Machines can be used to replace people when it is necessary to ----- information in large --------for quick, accurate use. a. deposit/ wares b. store/quantities c. use/quantities d. store/deposits 16. Determining what goods to produce, what materials and machines to use and which system to use is called production--------. a. planning b. skills c. – d. department 17. --------------is ensuring that the product is produced with the highest possible quality. a. financial control b. personnel control c. production management d. quality control 18. Promoting is moving an employee from a lower-level job to a ------one, usually with higher-------- and added-------------. a. higher-level/standards/money b. different/level/salary c. higher-level/salary/responsibilities 19. Which of the following is the personnel department generally not responsible for? a. training and development b. long-range personnel planning c. wage and salary administration 20.--------is educating, training, or developing present employees to perform the same job better. a. upgrading b. transferring c. promoting d. recruiting 21.---------is moving employees from less desirable or less rewarding jobs in the company to others that better satisfy their needs. a. upgrading b. transferring c. promoting d. recruiting 22. Choosing the specific person from among other qualified applicants to fill a vacant position is: a. recruiting b. personnel planning c. selection d. orientation 23. The most frequently used step in the selection process is: a. completing the application form b. preliminary interview c. testing d. physical examination 24. In general, -------------is responsible for providing potential employees with a general education and--------is responsible for providing job training. a. the company/ the school system b. society/the individual c. society/the company d. the individual/society 25. Human relations, in general, involves getting ------- managers and others to want to strive for organizational---------and objectives. a. too/ goals b. both/goals c. all/skills 26. Company------and management communication are -----elements in the Japanese management systems. a. fame/two b. loyalty/the c. loyalty/key d. owners/both 27. Unless a manager communicates effectively, good decisions and sound--------- will be doomed to --------. a. planning/success b. communication/success c. planning/failure 28. Body language is conveyed by -----, facial expressions, --------of voice and ---- ---- -movements. a. gestures/ tones/ fast b. eyes/tones/body c. gestures/pitch/body 29. Flextime is a motivation --------which allows workers to --------their own hours for starting and stopping work. a. schedule/conceive b. scheme/do c. concept/schedule 30. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a motivation theory -------on the concept of progression of needs from ------- to more complex. a. build/simple b. based/complex c. built/basic 31. Which of the following statements is not true regarding body language? a. body language is conveyed by eyes, facial expressions and tones of voice b. body language can change the meaning of other messages c. body language does not provide feedback d. body language conveys a message without formal language 32. Labor relations are ---------by and affect the total physical, -------, social, technological, legal and political environment in which they occur. a. made/ psychological b. affected/ economic c. affected/economical 33. The different paths that goods pass----- in moving from the producers to the ------- -are the channels of distribution. a. by/people b. through/economy c. by/economy d. through/customers 34. The present philosophy of international trade is that of------- to the participating countries a. mutual benefit b. mutual justice c. justified benefit 35. Persons in a newly industrialized nation would be more--------to have a------- standard of living than those in an industrial nation. a. like/higher b. likely/higher c. entitled/lower d. likely/lower 36. A multinational corporation is one that operates on a--------scale, with operations in---------. a. national/one country b. international/one country c. international/many countries 37. International business relations today can best be described as being: a. exploitation of undeveloped nations by industrial nations b. of mutual benefit to the participating countries c. exploitation of industrial nations by undeveloped nations d. of declining importance to all involved 38. Language, customs, sociocultural factors and measuring system differences are--- ----barriers a. artificial trade b. natural trade c. imposed trade d. tariff 39. The generally accepted international language of business communication is: a. French b. German c. Japanese d. English 40. A career development strategy should contain--------completion dates and specific criteria for-----------progress. a. unrealistic/continuous b. realistic/measuring c. good/sound 41. Although future jobs will probably demand a different set of-------, the-----ones, such as oral communication and working with people will still be important. a. rules/first b. skills/last c. competencies/basic 42. A career strategy ------- consider one’s obligations to other people because they help to----needs and develop a sense of -------. a. should/satisfy/identity b. might/satisfy/progress c. must/cover/continuity 43.----------- influence the choice of career because the work one does affects the way one-----about oneself. a. firms/thinks b. values/feels c. transfers/thin 44. Opportunity for--------, responsibility and opportunities for -------- are factors that are important to people in ----------their job. a. work/challenge/doing b. promotion/working/satisfying c. advancement/challenge/choosing 45. The abilities to make rational analyses, work with people, communicate orally and in-----, and systematically---- are basic-------which will continue to be important inthe future. a. writing/plan/skills b. English/work/capabilities c. future/work/abilities 46. A training initiative may be the vehicle to -------bottom-line results,------ sales,--------a new strategy or introduce----------change. a. get/increase/introduce/organizational b. achieve/increase/implement/organizational c. obtain/grow/sustain/professional 47. One of the best ways to increase credibility in an organization is to produce a/an-------number of training………. a. big/strategies b. important/ideas c. significant/initiatives 48. Almost all the--------for improving the------success of British companies belongs to management. a. techniques/competitive b. responsibility/growing c. responsibility/competitive 49. The market-place continues to-----and in many sectors is already-----and the cost of-------to markets tends to decrease. a. grow/global/entry b. decrease/small/entry c. widen/global/entry 50. All managers have to-------that their own education and-----is sufficient for the business challenges of both today and tomorrow. a. think/professional skills b. make sure/professional skills c. ensure/training 51. Despite a------home-market and worries about a slowdown in the US in 2003, he has------Toyota to record profits. a. decreasing/brought b. shrinking/steered c. shrinking/brought 52. While his-------have hunkered down during the tech collapse, Johnson----buying up companies, including five in 2002 alone, all focused on corporate computer security. a. colleagues/stopped b. competitors/stopped/ c. competitors/has been 53. These are the elements that a MEMO usually contains: a. whom it is addressed to, whom it is to, subject, date b. heading, salutation, date, whom it is to, whom it is from c. heading, whom it is to, whom it is from, subject, date, signature 54. For big multinational-------this is the equivalent of going back to the days of the individual store owner who knew and greeted each customer-------. The benefits are -----huge. a. producers/every day/important b. retailers/personally/potentially c. buyers/now/potentially 55. A Curriculum Vitae should include: a. name, address, telephone, date of birth, nationality, education, work experience, qualifications, computer literacy, knowledge of foreign languages, interests, references b. name, address, marital status, date of birth, qualifications, age, training, education, hobbies, references c. name, address, marital status, date of birth, age, nationality, work experience, interests 56. An application/motivation letter a. is a summary of the contents of the CV b. contains highlights of the resume/CV, particularly of those aspects of your background that relate to the specific job you are seeking c. is a detailed description of your background 57. Choose the correct answer A. Would you like------over for a meal, next Friday? B. That’s very -----you, but-----I am busy on Friday. a. to be/glad of/now b. to come/nice of/unfortunately 58. We suggest you should buy that washing machine because we feel it is----value for money. a. worse b. better c. good d. gooder 59. I am writing to----for the position of Editorial Assistant that you---- in the Guardian on 8 May 2003, as I -----it offers the career----which I am-------. a. ask/advertised/believe/challenge/looking for b. application /advertised/think/challenge/seeking c. apply/advertised/believe/challenge/seeking d. apply/advertised/think/place/looking for. 60. What is meant by S.W.O.T.? A firm should be aware of its s------ and w----- and the o-------- and t-------- it faces on the market. a. strengths/worries/occasions/time b. success/weaknesses/organization/time c. success/worries/orientation/targets d. strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats